Petaluma · Licensed center
4CS Petaluma Child Development Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 52 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 9, 2026Nothing cited
- Jun 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Nov 7, 2023Nothing cited
- Jul 24, 2023Nothing cited
- Jul 19, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 5 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had at least one: 71% of 457.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%This center
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- September 21, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Jul 2026 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · July 8, 2026
ALLEGATION(S): Daycare children are left unsupervised due to staff sleeping. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: An unannounced complaint inspection was conducted today by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), R.M., who met with Director, R.A., to deliver the findings of the complaint investigation of the above allegation. It has been alleged that daycare children are left unsupervised due to staff sleeping. During the course of the investigation, LPA obtained documents and interviewed staff between 7/14/26 and 9/21/26. Director was interviewed on 7/14/26 who stated that she had not observed any staff sleeping during nap time and had never observed any instance where all staff weren't supervising children at one time due to either being asleep or distracted. Continued on LIC9099-C Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
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Details
- Phone
- (707) 544-3077
- Address
- 401 S Mc Dowell, Petaluma, 94952
- License
- 490109272
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Sources and dates
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.